Faculty Issues

When the Wisconsin Legislature took tenure out of state statute, faculty members at the University of Wisconsin at Madison hoped they could preserve the status quo in a campus policy. But that hope is fading amid new proposals on a policy for layoffs of professors.

Over the last few years, universities started appointing two deans to lead their law schools temporarily. Now, a few are going that route with permanent appointments.

New book tells story of a largely forgotten man who won a landmark Supreme Court decision.

Faculty and students protest return of professor accused of harassment and assault to campus after a one-term unpaid leave.

Many people in higher education are skeptical of its value, but we should give it the legitimacy it deserves, argues Karlyn Crowley.

State performance funding formulas lead to small decline in Pell revenue per student, new study finds, suggesting public colleges may be gaming formulas by enrolling fewer low-income students.

Work at a regional public university? You'll earn more at a unionized, large urban institution, according to new analysis of faculty salaries.

New MLA Handbook seeks to make citing sources from a variety of media easier and more commonsensical.